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S1532......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
SCHOOL DISTRICT - TRUSTEES - Amends existing law to provide that the
boundaries of trustee zones of school districts shall be drawn by the board
or boards of county commissioners in which the district resides so that
each trustee zone is as nearly equal in population as possible to other
trustee zones within the district; and to provide that trustee zones be
reapportioned at least once every ten years.
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S1532
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1532
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION
3 33-501, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOUNDARIES OF TRUSTEE ZONES SHALL
4 BE DRAWN BY THE BOARD OR BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN WHICH THE DIS-
5 TRICT RESIDES SO THAT EACH TRUSTEE ZONE IS AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION
6 AS MAY BE TO OTHER TRUSTEE ZONES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND TO MAKE A TECHNI-
7 CAL CORRECTION; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-313, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT
8 TRUSTEE ZONES SHALL BE REAPPORTIONED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS AND TO
9 PROVIDE THAT PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TRUSTEE ZONES SHALL BE
10 SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OR BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Section 33-501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13 amended to read as follows:
14 33-501. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Each school district shall be governed by a
15 board of trustees. The board of trustees of each elementary school district
16 shall consist of three (3) members, and the board of trustees of each other
17 school district shall consist of five (5) members. Provided, however, that the
18 board of trustees of any district which has had a change in its district
19 boundaries subsequent to June 30, 1973, may consist of no fewer than five (5)
20 or more than nine (9) members if such provisions are included as part of an
21 approved proposal to redefine and change trustee zones as provided in section
22 33-313, Idaho Code. Except as otherwise provided by law, a school district
23 trustee shall be elected for a term of three (3) years or until the annual
24 meeting of his district held during the year in which his term expires.
25 Each trustee shall at the time of his nomination and election, or appoint-
26 ment, be a school district elector of his district and a resident of the
27 trustee zone from which nominated and elected, or appointed. The boundaries of
28 trustee zones shall be drawn by the board or boards of county commissioners in
29 which the district resides so that each trustee zone is as nearly equal in
30 population as may be to other trustee zones within the district.
31 Each trustee shall qualify for and assume office at the annual meeting of
32 his school district next following his election, or, if appointed, at the reg-
33 ular meeting of the board of trustees next following such appointment. An oath
34 of office shall be administered to each trustee, whether elected, re-elected
35 reelected or appointed. Said oath may be administered by the clerk, or by a
36 trustee, of the district, and the records of the district shall show such oath
37 of office to have been taken, and by whom administered and shall be filed with
38 the official records of the district.
39 SECTION 2. That Section 33-313, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
40 amended to read as follows:
41 33-313. TRUSTEE ZONES. Each elementary school district shall be divided
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1 into three (3) trustee zones and each other school district shall be divided
2 into no fewer than five (5) or more than nine (9) trustee zones according to
3 the provisions of section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal to define the
4 boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school district shall
5 include the determination, where appropriate, of the number of trustee zones
6 in such district, and the date of expiration of the term of office for each
7 trustee. The boundaries of the several trustee zones in each such school dis-
8 trict shall be defined and drawn so that, as reasonably as may be, each such
9 zone shall have approximately the same population and shall be drawn as pro-
10 vided in section 33-501, Idaho Code, by the board or boards of county commis-
11 sioners.
12 Whenever the area of any district has been enlarged by the annexation of
13 all or any part of another district, or by the correction of errors in the
14 legal description of school district boundaries, any such additional territory
15 shall be included in the trustee zone or zones contiguous to such additional
16 territory until such time as the trustee zones may be redefined and changed.
17 Trustee zones may be redefined and changed, but not more than once every five
18 (5) years in the manner hereinafter provided.
19 A proposal to redefine and change trustee zones of any district may be
20 initiated by its board of trustees, and submitted to the state board of educa-
21 tion or board of county commissioners, or by petition signed by not less than
22 fifty (50) school electors residing in the district, and presented to the
23 board of trustees of the district. Within one hundred twenty (120) days fol-
24 lowing the receipt of a petition to redefine and change the trustee zones of a
25 district the board of trustees shall prepare a proposal for a change which
26 will equalize the population in each zone in the district and shall submit the
27 proposal to the state board of education or boards of county commissioners as
28 provided in section 33-501, Idaho Code. Any proposal shall include a legal
29 description of each trustee zone as the same would appear as proposed, a map
30 of the district showing how each trustee zone would then appear, and the
31 approximate population each would then have, should the proposal to change any
32 trustee zones become effective.
33 Within sixty (60) days after it has received the said proposal the state
34 board of education or boards of county commissioners may approve or disapprove
35 the proposal to redefine and change trustee zones and shall give notice
36 thereof in writing to the board of trustees of the district wherein the change
37 is proposed. Should the state board of education or boards of county commis-
38 sioners disapprove a proposal that had been initiated at the request of peti-
39 tioners, the board of trustees shall within forty-five (45) days submit a
40 revised proposal to the state board of education or boards of county commis-
41 sioners. Should the state board of education or boards of county commissioners
42 approve the proposal, the board of trustees shall within sixty (60) days after
43 notification of the approval of such proposal submit to the school district
44 electors residing in the district, in an election to be held not less than
45 thirty (30) days prior to the date of the next ensuing annual election of
46 school district trustees, the question of approving or disapproving the pro-
47 posal to change trustee zones. Notice of such election shall be posted and
48 published, the election shall be held and conducted and the ballots canvassed,
49 as provided in chapter 4, title 33, Idaho Code. If a majority of the school
50 district electors residing in the district, and voting in the election, should
51 approve the proposal, the trustee zones shall be changed in accordance with
52 the proposal.
53 At the next regular meeting of the board of trustees following the
54 approval of the proposal the board shall appoint from its membership a trustee
55 for each new zone to serve as trustee until that incumbent trustee's three (3)
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1 year term expires. If the current board membership includes two (2) incumbent
2 trustees from the same new trustee zone, the board will select the incumbent
3 trustee with the most seniority as a trustee to serve the remainder of his
4 three (3) year term. If both incumbent trustees have equal seniority, the
5 board will choose one (1) of the trustees by the drawing of lots. If there is
6 a trustee vacancy in any of the new zones, the board of trustees shall
7 appoint from the patrons resident in that new trustee zone, a person from that
8 zone to serve as trustee until the next annual meeting. At the annual election
9 a trustee shall be elected to serve during the term specified in the election
10 for the zone. The elected trustee shall assume office at the annual meeting of
11 the school district next following the election.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09569C1
The purpose of this legislation is to change who draws Trustee Zones from the
Board of Trustees to the Board of County Commissioners in which the district
resides.
Each zone shall be as nearly equal in population as may be to other trustee zones
within the district.
FISCAL NOTE
No impact to the General Fund
CONTACT: Senator Evan Frasure
Phone: 332-1315
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S 1532